Walk back to the main Foreigner page and run into a couple of walls along the way! I Thought I Had Two Omlettes For Breakfast When I Really Only Had One Overall Album Score: 6.3 out of 10 I have double vision because I keep banging my head against my computer monitor. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Ban...d on the Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well ... It looks like the foreign boys have improved! And I was expecting them to suck even worse! Their previous album consisted of too much boring crap that nobody gives a poop about. While this album is still full of poop, it's not quite as smelly. One thing that's improved: the melodies. They're not masterstrokes, mind you, but they do help make an album listenable. Then again, there is still quite a bit of crap on here. And that is not cool ... not even for foreigners who talk funny and drive taxi cabs. ... or sport a British accent. Okay... clearly the best song on here is the title track, "Double Vision," which doesn't quite beat "Cold as Ice," in my opinion. But it's still a good one. Another major standout in this album is "Blue Morning, Blue Day," which features the band's best example of melody-writing up to this point. (But ... you know ... that's only compared to themselves! Don't expect anything McCartney-esque ... or even Bowie-esque .... here.) That said, I wouldn't consider any of these songs outstanding. Just good. And there are a few other decent songs on here as well. And this album is almost a carbon-clone of their previous album. There's nothing I detect different about it at any rate except for some improved material. This is still sissy stadium rock, which was made for college students of the late 70's in t-shirts. So... this is NOT an album for people who like rock for the art! This is for people who enjoy undemanding, inoffensive ... tiresome, generic, mediocre, bland garbage. (Oh yes. Bring on the adjectives!) ...Or either like listening to music really, really loud. But! They're good performers! ... The singing isn't special ... the music lacks passion ... but they know what they're doing with those instruuuments. No complaints there, buddy boy. Overall Album Score: 6.3 out of 10 (The Foreigners have improved quite a bit on their second-go-round, but they're still quite B-L-A-H.) Average Song Score: 6.8 (If there's one thing these songs ain't, they're not the world's finest set of songs. But they're not all exactly misfired, either. There are a few songs on here, though, that are quite good.) Album Tilt: 6.0 (No. Listening to these songs one after another don't make the listening experience any easier. This album is on the boring side.) Artist Tilt: 6.0 (I'm not giving them a major slam here in this category. They don't offer anything interesting to rock and roll as an art form, but this ain't exactly a major artistic travesty.) Track Reviews Hot Blooded 7.5/10 It's certainly not bad hard rock. It just doesn't catch fire! So ... that means that it's not "hot" then. Either that or it's being smothered 'cause the band is being too timid. Mick Jones does a nice job with his solo on here ... (I'm sure there are MANY better guitarists out there than Mick Jones. His solos are minor, but they are highlights on a Foreigner song!) Well ... the melody and riffs and stuff are good enough to make me want to listen to it for those whole four-and-a-half minutes, at least. Blue Morning Blue Day 9/10 It's pretty much good from the beginning to the end. Much unlike the previous track, this one catches fire on the get go with a very nice intro. And the actual song is good 'n' catchy. If this were on a Beatles album, I'd be saying *what the $#$%##@ is this* But, it's on a Foreigner album, so I'm saying *that's not bad, keemosabe!* You're All I Am 5.5/10 Poopey sentimental garbage that makes me wonder: "Why doesn't my computer's spellchecker have an entry for "poopey?" Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn! It was probably only written because they needed something slower to sing during rock concerts. That's it. (Okay, okay... I'm being a little bit harsh. It wasn't exactly a failed endeavor. But when mediocre bands try to be sweet, sentimental, and moving, they fail and people like me groan! But, I do admit there is some real energy on here. But, the melody doesn't deserve any extra points. Poopey.) Back to Where You Belong 7/10 Okay... the first 30 seconds or so (and when they repeat it later) are boring ... but the chorus dingy is pretty good. The track is CLEARLY better than "You're All I Am," but it's too mediocre overall to deserve anything beyond a mediocre seven. Love Has Taken It's Toll 6/10 Wow! The song is too well conceived and the melody is too listenable for me to trash this track. Yet, there's absolutely no reason to praise the sucker, either. There's a nice interlude in here, at least. Double Vision 9.5/10 A true standout, this. And ... get this ... they BURIED it in their album! How weird is that? Anyway, the song has some really nice riff-work in here and the chorus is super-catchy! Too bad the band can't repeat such antics! That said, I'm not comfortable in the least giving the track a 10. Technically speaking, a 9.5 probably isn't deserved! But, this is, like, one of two good songs on this album. So, I have to make it stand out ... somehow. Tramontane 7.5/10 'Tis odd. It's an artsy instrumental track from a band that by no means is artsy! Though, the track is actually pretty enjoyable. Though, it still leaves a lot to be desired, melody-wise. It gets boring after awhile, because they are repeating the same boring ideas. I Have Waited So Long 7.5/10 Again ... as if it were some kind of plague ... the song is boring yet it isn't bad at all. It's kind of a slow, sentimental song but the melody has quite a bit improved compared to "You're All I Am." Actually, this might be one of the more well-executed numbers on the album. It's just drones on for too long. Lonely Children 4.5/10 These lyrics are dumb beyond belief. Everything else is merely passable. I'm bored. Spellbinder 4/10 What's with Foreigner? They close their albums with awful tracks! Or, either I'm just sick of listening to it and I thus hate the track. I don't know. This track is nearly five minutes long and it doesn't give me anything interesting to listen to. It sounds like an old, boring version of The Alan Parsons Project. Agree? Disagree? Do you think the toaster oven should be Kansas's state bird? Leave your worthy comments here!

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